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open"Does my character think that..."
I once read some funny story on the Dungeons & Dragons on the official forums where someone had a clueless newb at his table who would keep asking him what his character thought, e.g "Do I think this guy is evil?" The DM kept trying to explain it was up to him to decide how his character thinks and feels, but he didn't seem to get it. What trope(s) would this be? I'm thinking maybe a variant on That Makes Me Feel Angry?
Edited by BootlebatopenWhen modern objects, buildings, etc. appear in period pieces
Is there a trope for when the creators of a film are sloppy and when things that evidently belong in the present occur in a period work? Examples:
-In Murdoch Mysteries, which is set (by now) in Edwardian times, modern city infrastructure is often clearly seen in street scenes. Perhaps the most glaring example is in an episode where the villain of the day makes a getaway in a period car down a suburban street and you can plainly see completely modern streetlights.
-I once saw a documentary about (IIRC) Queen Victoria's children. There was a recreation where as I remember, Prince Albert was walking down the street while going to see Baron Stockmar or some other educator of his and Victoria's children and somebody had forgotten to move a modern car from the street.
-A hypothetical example of my own: suppose there is a period piece set before the jet age and there is a scene with contrails in the sky behind the characters.
What I'm describing is basically a blooper. I thought it fell under Anachronism Stew, but when I posted it on the page for Murdoch Mysteries, it was taken down as being the wrong trope. Is this a trope at all?
openUsing fictional issues to comment on real ones
Like the X-Men being used as a stand-in for gay people. Space Jews can be a subtrope.
Edited by Madison14openThe "adjective!noun" thing this site doesn't like
can't remember what the name of this writing convention was for the life of me. all i remember about the page was that it said "adjective!noun" was/is a common practice in fanfics and TV Tropes as a whole is still trying to clean up instances of it wherever possible.
openinsult familiarity
Any trope that covers two characters shoot an insult at each other but its not really to insult one another.
Such as a case where two character prepare to make a last stand together and call each other assholes but they are really close friends, in fact brother-in-laws.
openCharacter doesn't realize he's actually immortal but audience knows. Anime
A character doesn't realize he's immortal. He can still age though and the audience knows but not the character himself.
openAnvilicious but not for morals
Do we have something like Anvilicious that's not for a message? Like if characters repeatedly say something to make sure the audience remembers it.
resolved Last Scene New Monster Film
Is there a trope for when the last scene of a movie features a new monster oe enemy, so the hero can do the whole "I've got this!" thing and ride off to fight it? The idea being that now the hero's confident enough, and that he'll be having many more adventures after the movie.
openThe government will weaponize it.
Is there an existing trope where a person doesn't want to give their inventions to the government under the justification that they will use it for violence? May relate to "they would cut you up".
openThe government will weaponize it.
Is there an existing trope where a person doesn't want to give their inventions to the government under the justification that they will use it for violence? May relate to "they would cut you up".
openOnly Called By Title To Hide Identity
Is there a trope for when a character who is a Captain Ersatz of either a fictional character or a real person is noticeably only referred to by a TITLE to avoid controversy and/or lawsuits? Like Fu Manchu only being called “The Doctor” in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or the example on Anonymous Ringer of simply referring to the President of the United States as “The President” to avoid associations with the real-life President?
Edited by KaiYvesopenUnexplained Return
Is there a trope for when a character is deliberately Put on a Bus, but then comes back for no reason? Like, "Oh, Alice is leaving to go to Hawaii" and then in the next episode, Alice is right there like nothing happened. Sort of related to Unexplained Recovery, except nobody dies.
openStylized freeze frame during action scene
I noticed that certain animated action shows tend to abruptly end their fighting scenes with a stylized shot of the combatants rushing towards each other. Said frame generally has much brighter colours, blurry backgrounds and visible black lines to suggest motion; though it may also involve a complete change in the art style for further dramatic effect.
Examples:
- 2:02 in this video
- 1:23 in this video
- 4:51 in this video
- 20:18 in this video
Is there a trope for this? And does anyone know if there is a specific name for this practice in the animation industry?
openVillains cannot stand forgiveness
Is there a specific trope besides Evil Cannot Comprehend Good where when the hero forgives the villain despite their evil, it triggers a Villainous Breakdown? For example, when Kion forgives Scar in The Lion Guard, Scar calls the Roar of the Elders a "curse" and is stunned that his grand-nephew would pity him for all the crimes he's committed.
openName change trope
I know we've got Setting Update and Adaptational Name Change, but before I go to Trope Sounding Board, is there such a trope for a name changed to a more modern-sounding one to fit the setting, e.g.:
Source material name | Modern equivalent |
Maggie | Maddie |
Patricia | Trish |
Carolynne | Kara-Lynne |
Annika | Nikki |
Rebecca | Becky |
Jason | Josh |
or does Adaptational Name Change fit moving with the times?
Edited by Merseyuser1openProtective friend never forgives.
the antagonist abused Character A in the past. A lot. In a lot of ways. But now, the antagonist is going through its Remedmption Arc, and it feels that everyone is starting to forgive the Antag, even character A. But character B, Character A's best friend, is still upset, and surely will never forgive. Not only people are forgiving the Antagonist easily, but also it looks like they are forgetting everything that happened to character A, even by the own A itself. B still tries to be ok with the rest and treat the antag like an Equal, but at the same time, is not like B forgave like A did that easily.
Obviously will give the callout, but idk if she fills truly the Forgiven, but Not Forgotten trope. If it's another, please let me know.
Edited by carlitagtopenReligious hypocrisy
In In Desert And Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz the main protagonist Stas considers muslims evil when converting native african tribes to islam and rejects Mahdi's offer stating that accepting it would be an act of cowardice. But Stas has no qualms about converting the fellow natives Kali and Mea to christianity because he considers it good.
What is this an example of?
Is there a trope for how Video Games and Tabletop Games usually only allow characters to wear one magic ring per hand (or, in tabletops, only benefit from one ring per hand)? The reason why being obvious (a character wearing a magic ring on every finger, or, worse, as many rings as they could fit on each finger would be way too powerful.)